State comparison · 2025
Software Developers salary: Maryland vs New York
Software Developers in New York earn a median of $166,180. In Maryland, $138,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 16.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.5%
Maryland vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Software Developers
- Median
- $138,680
- p25
- $109,120
- p75
- $178,000
- p10
- $87,690
- p90
- $222,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -33%
New York
Software Developers
- Median
- $166,180
- p25
- $127,160
- p75
- $205,540
- p10
- $97,430
- p90
- $224,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.